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How to help your family avoid scams and other fraud. We are becoming more familiar with the notion of financial abuse targeting elders – scams and other exploitation targeting the savings of people aged 60 and older – but ...

It’s important to remember that with new technology come new threats. In the past few weeks a new Nintendo app, Pokémon Go, has swept the nation. Kids, millennials, and adults are all walking the streets to catch ...

Listen to a recorded IRS scam phone call. NPR recently shared a recording collected by Pindrop Security of a real IRS scam phone call. Pindrop Security shares dummy phone numbers in online raffles and other scams to get their ...

Software updates—the notifications that most computer users dread. Forty percent of adults don’t update their software when prompted—and that means a lot of users are at risk. Why don’t we update? There are ...

Is this unorthodox investment idea underappreciated? You can invest your IRA assets in different ways. Should you invest a portion of those assets in real estate? At first thought, putting real estate into an IRA may seem ...

Learn about the two new tax perks for these college savings vehicles. Do you have a 529 plan account? Then you will want to know about a pair of federal tax law changes which may benefit you and your student, one involving a ...

Vehicles designed to help you amass college savings & make gifts to minors. If you want to save for college, you may wish to consider a UGMA or UTMA account. These custodial accounts are typically created by parents and ...

One bad trading day is not the year. The stock market has wavered recently. A lackluster year just ended, and this year has started inauspiciously. You may be wondering … should you really be invested in stocks right ...

Pay yourself first instead, with your future in mind. Powerball fever swept across America last month, with a record jackpot of $1.5 billion eventually being split by three winners in the January 13 drawing. Millions lined up ...